p4a.plonevideo
Overview
The p4a.plonevideo package is an integration component for integrating
the p4a.video framework with the Plone platform. It was inspired by
the Plone ATVideo product and even borrows some UI.
Project Description
The p4a.plonevideo product lets you upload a normal File to your Plone
site. It uses p4a.video to:
* auto-detect the object as a video file
* auto-extract the video metadata
* render an appropriate view (depending on the file format)
Watch the screencast to experience a nice intro the the product.
Thanks to Jonathan Lewis for putting this screencast together!
Installation
Add these lines to your buildout.cfg file, and re-run your buildout.
Then install the add-ons from the Add/Remove products page in the
Plone Control Panel.:
[buildout]
...
eggs =
...
p4a.plonevideo
[instance]
...
zcml =
...
p4a.plonevideo
Features
Video Files
- Upload a normal file and Plone auto-recognizes it as a video file,
extracts metadata and chooses an appropriate player support for:
- Quicktime (MOV, MP4)
- Windows Media (WMV, AVI, WMA, ASF)
- RealMedia (RAM)
- Flash (FLV, SWF)
- Upload a thumbnail image to represent the video
- When clicked, the video will start to play video
- edit form exposes metadata:
- file type
- author
- height / width
- duration
Video containers
- Turn any folder into a video container
- Turn any smart folder (collection) into a video container
- Provides a video listing view with all videos in the folder, including:
- thumbnail
- title
- description
- metadata
- Video listing also shows:
- tags
- ratings
- comments about each video
Video feeds
- Publish RSS feed of all the videos in a video container
- Feed entries can contain a link to the video view page, or a link to the
actual video file (enclosure)
- Users can subscribe to a vodcast and have the videos downloaded to a
desktop video player such as iTunes or Miro for offline viewing